PACTOLIDES (Paktolides) - Lydian Naiad Nymphs of Greek Mythology (original) (raw)

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Greek Name

Νυμφαι Πακτωλιδες

Transliteration

Nymphai Paktôlides

Latin Spelling

Nymphae Pactolides

Translation

Nymphs of Pactolus

THE PAKTOLIDES (Pactolides) were Naiad-nymphs of the river Paktolos in Lydia (western Anatolia).

PARENTS

Presumably daughters of the River PAKTOLOS

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Ovid, Metamorphoses 6. 15 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"In all the towns of Lydia Arachne's work had won a memorable name, although her home was humble and Hypaepae where she lived was humble too. To watch her wondrous work the Nymphae (Nymphs) would often leave their vine-clad slopes of [the mountain] Tmolus [Oreades], often leave Pactolus' stream [i.e. Naiades], delighted both to see the cloth she wove and watch her working too; such grace she had."

Ovid, Metamorphoses 6. 44 ff :
"Pallas [Athena] [came to challenge Arachne] and threw aside the old crone's guise and stood revealed. The Nymphae (Nymphs) and Lydian women knelt in reverence."